Actor profile

Richard Sanders

23rd August 1940 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

Richard Kinard Sanders is a retired American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

19 Movies 38 TV Shows 59 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Men of Honor poster

Men of Honor 13th September 2000 as Donny Moor Bartender

Lovers Lane poster

Lovers Lane 5th February 2000 as Dr. Jack Grefe

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again poster

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again 1st January 1995 as Dr. Budwig

The Beans of Egypt, Maine poster

The Beans of Egypt, Maine 23rd November 1994

Neon City poster

Neon City 16th December 1991 as Dickie Devine

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places poster

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places 26th February 1989 as Dr. Dark

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace 28th February 1988 as Chester Lackberry

Found Money poster

Found Money 19th December 1983 as Robbins

Valley Girl poster

Valley Girl 8th April 1983 as Drivers' Ed Teacher

The Invisible Woman poster

The Invisible Woman 13th February 1983 as Orville

Trouble in High Timber Country poster

Trouble in High Timber Country 27th June 1980 as Lester

The Nude Bomb poster

The Nude Bomb 9th May 1980 as German Delegate

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker poster

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker 21st September 1979 as Mr. Fogarty

Bud and Lou poster

Bud and Lou 15th November 1978 as Doctor

Keefer poster

Keefer 16th March 1978 as Bemmel

Ruby and Oswald poster

Ruby and Oswald 8th February 1978 as Agent Kelley

Good Against Evil poster

Good Against Evil 22nd May 1977 as The Doctor

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn poster

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 16th May 1977 as Travis

Lincoln: Trial by Fire poster

Lincoln: Trial by Fire 20th January 1974 as Minister Adams

Rose Red poster

Rose Red 27th January 2002 as Mr. Stanton

Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond 10th January 1999 as Mr. Deakins (voice)

Unhappily Ever After poster

Unhappily Ever After 11th January 1995 as Mr. Peabody

The New WKRP in Cincinnati poster

The New WKRP in Cincinnati 7th September 1991 as Les Nessman

Gravedale High poster

Gravedale High 8th September 1990 as Ben Franklin (voice)

Coach poster

Coach 28th February 1989 as Warren Graustark

Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children 5th April 1987 as Mr. Conner

Designing Women poster

Designing Women 29th September 1986

Sidekicks poster

Sidekicks 26th September 1986

ALF poster

ALF 22nd September 1986 as Hogarth

Inhumanoids poster

Inhumanoids 21st September 1986

Blacke's Magic poster

Blacke's Magic 5th January 1986

Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains 24th September 1985 as Luther

Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains 24th September 1985 as Dr. Rosenfeld

Berrenger's poster

Berrenger's 5th January 1985 as Frank Chapman

Charles in Charge poster

Charles in Charge 3rd October 1984 as Professor Smalley

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Gerald Richards

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Arnold Megrim

Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss? 20th September 1984

Night Court poster

Night Court 4th January 1984 as Clark Edwards

Goodnight, Beantown poster

Goodnight, Beantown 3rd April 1983

It Takes Two poster

It Takes Two 14th October 1982

Newhart poster

Newhart 2nd October 1982 as Cecil Breech

American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse 12th January 1982 as Lee Pomerleau

Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon 24th November 1981

Solid Gold poster

Solid Gold 13th September 1980 as Self

Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing 27th December 1979 as Harry Nold

Ike poster

Ike 3rd May 1979 as Correspondent

WKRP in Cincinnati poster

WKRP in Cincinnati 18th September 1978

WKRP in Cincinnati poster

WKRP in Cincinnati 18th September 1978 as Les Nessman

Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island 28th January 1978 as Mr. Bandwell

Rafferty poster

Rafferty 5th September 1977

Alice poster

Alice 31st August 1976

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Samuel Romney

Kojak poster

Kojak 24th October 1973 as Drunk

McCloud poster

McCloud 17th February 1970

The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse 3rd October 1948 as Prosecuting Attorney

The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse 3rd October 1948